RALEIGH, NC, April 29, 2002 --- Retail grocery veteran Chris Cavalchire will serve as Store Manager of the new Raleigh Harris Teeter store scheduled to open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8.

Cavalchire started with Harris Teeter in 2000, and has served as co-manager of several other locations. He spent 10 years in various grocery retail management positions prior to joining Harris Teeter.

Cavalchire's management team includes co-managers Mike Nessell, who has served in the retail grocery industry for 31 years, and David Tikvart, who has worked with Harris Teeter since 1993.

Harris Teeter, Inc., with headquarters in Matthews, N.C., is a subsidiary of Ruddick Corporation (NYSE:RDK). Harris Teeter is ranked as one of the top 50 largest supermarkets in the United States with 2001 sales of $2.4 billion. The grocery store chain employs about 14,000 people and has 142 stores in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida.